sax
noun
sax
1 American
[saks]
/ sæks /
noun
Informal.
sax
2
American
[saks]
/ sæks /
noun
Sax.
3
American
abbreviation
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Saxon.
-
Saxony.
sax
1
British
/ sæks /
noun
sax
2
British
/ sæks /
noun
Etymology
Origin of sax1
By shortening
Origin of sax2
before 900; Middle English sexe, Old English seax, sæx; cognate with Old Norse sax ( Swedish, Danish sax scissors). See saw 1
Example Sentences
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Sax argues, “That desire fits this very base desire as humans, which is to touch things, to interact with things, to buy things, to do actual things outside of our screens.”
From Slate • Apr. 4, 2026
Instead of defending her state title in the 800, she joined teammates Melanie True, Tiffany Sax and Aelo Curtis to win the 4x800 relay in 8:57.21 — a California girls’ record.
From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2024
“We want assurance that these components have been successfully redesigned, tested, and rendered safe,” Amber Sax, the wife of Capt. John Sax, one of the deceased, said in a statement.
From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2024
This research was part of his doctoral dissertation at Brown University with Dov Sax, a professor of biogeography and biodiversity and coauthor on the paper.
From Science Daily • Dec. 18, 2023
Hall handed Sax two pages of handwritten notes—everything he’d learned about the plutonium bomb so far.
From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin
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